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Ofsted trials will test new inspection toolkits

Watchdog’s school inspection trials are set to run for several weeks in volunteer schools but the findings will not be published

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Ofsted trials will test new inspection toolkits

Watchdog’s school inspection trials are set to run for several weeks in volunteer schools but the findings will not be published

Gender-based violence scheme ‘needs to reach more schools’

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Legal claim against private school VAT hits High Court

Families are seeking to take the government to the High Court over 20 per cent tax on private school fees, supported by the Independent Schools Council

EIS to ballot over strike action in Glasgow

Union demands reversal of teacher job cuts by end of the year as it points to extra funding for local authorities in this month's Scottish Budget

Former NEU leader and ex-children’s commissioner made life peers

Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield become Labour peers, while free speech campaigner and free-school founder Toby Young is made a peer by the Conservatives

Teachers and students sought to shape Scotland’s new qualifications body

With Qualifications Scotland due to replace the SQA in late 2025, 'partnership panels' aim to give teachers and students a bigger say over the new body's priorities

Starmer: SEND reform will be done ‘as urgently as possible’

Prime minister is warned that councils' SEND spending deficits could result in 'an avalanche' of local authorities declaring effective bankruptcy

School’s legal challenge against double RI academy order

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Ofsted inspections of teaching quality ‘could risk discrepancies’

Expert observers assessing the same lesson can produce different ratings on teacher quality, new research warns

New inquiry will seek solutions to SEND crisis

MPs will look at inclusion in mainstream schools, funding and alternatives to the EHCP system 'without reducing support'

Force parents to engage on behaviour, says report

Teachers are 'powerless' to tackle the rise in disruptive behaviour in schools – they need to be given greater authority, says Tony Blair's think tank

Ofsted to begin new inspection trials in first week of next term

Watchdog to visit volunteer schools to trial its new inspection approach before launching a formal consultation on its plans for new report cards

CfE: Education Scotland proposes alternative to ‘experiences and outcomes’

The so-called 'Es and Os' used by teachers in Scotland to plan lessons are on their way out amid fears they have contributed to the ‘downgrading of knowledge’. So what will replace them?